Strangelight “The World Needs Laughter”
Strangelight Unleashes Cathartic Bangers on The World Needs Laughter
When I listened to Strangelight’s The World Needs Laughter for the very first time, I immediately felt a great deal of release and understanding from the band and their music. The World Needs Laughter was a cathartic experience that was almost moving and contagious at the same time. Strangelight dives into the unfulfilled needs and overdue emotions and lets them out in a complete, full-length release. From the very first sound to the last, they never disappoint.
The level of intensity and energy is so perfectly choreographed into the change of aspects throughout the tracks. “To Do List” is about the endless, life-long tasks that one is constantly on the chase to fulfill, yet all it does is to add up to the underachieved disappointment one has towards himself.
“Headache Aesthetic” pays attention to the modern over-caffeinated, underslept toxic lifestyle that is on the loop to repeat itself day after day. “Lead Blanket” talks about the futility of work, while the end track “The World Needs Laughter” offers a compassionate aspect towards the overall situation.
Through shedding light onto those common frustrations and anxieties that are so often overlooked in adult life yet affect our mental and physical health, Strangelight’s music is a place where those feelings are validated and then released into the air.
Contagious beat, cathartic noise, and a great deal of banging distortion create this environment where the negative, unwelcomed, ugly, unfulfilled aspects of thoughts and emotions get to fully resonate, and that itself offers a very effective healing effect and emotional satisfaction.
Acoustically, the different shapes of extremes vibrate and create frictions between one and another. and present a unique and immersive sonic universe.
Written by Katrina Yang